Understanding Learning Style Differences

Animal School Video by www.raisingsmallsouls.com

Mel Levine's Work - Misunderstood Minds (opportunity to simulate a learning style difference), All Kinds of Minds
First Person Accounts of the Challenges of Learning Differences

How do you present information when you teach?

Importance of Visuals
Auditory information is fleeting; visuals increase independence, are easy to use, can be individualized, are inexpensive
This is another session!

Guiding Principles:

Mistake Tolerant vs. Mistake Intolerant
Flexible vs. static
Use what you know, use what is readily available

Universal Design for Learning

Multiple methods of:

Representation
Engagement
Expression

CAST
CAST - TES

Free Toolkit for UDL in our Classrooms

Free Interactive Online Activities for Students on the Autism Spectrum

Picture Symbols for Token Economy System
Resources

http://teachingeverystudent.blogspot.com/ -

My professional blog, I use this as my web page.

http://readingtechnology.pbwiki.com -

A wiki resource that was created for Literacy and Learning students and for a presentation to Reading Specialists

http://teachingeverystudent.wikispaces.com

- Another wiki created as a resouce page for several presentations that I have given recently. Microsoft Word features cheat sheets are listed at the bottom. Explore features in Word that you probably didn't know about and that enhance learning for your students.

Karen Janowski

Here is the Archive of Karen's Virtual Monday Elluminate session

Fair doesn't mean giving everyone the same;

fair means giving everyone what they need. -Rick Lavoie